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On this date in area sports history…
On this date eight years ago, Feb. 13, 2001, the Southeastern boys basketball team beat Cedarville 82-79 in double overtime to win the final Kenton Trace Conference title.
This season, the Trojans, ranked third in D-IV, will go for their third outright title this decade tonight against Triad.
Published in the Feb. 14, 2001 edition of the News-Sun:
TROJANS GO DOUBLE OT, WRAP UP KTC
By GREG BILLING, News-Sun Sports Writer
SOUTH CHARLESTON — Southeastern Coach Aaron Perry never won a Kenton Trace Conference title as a player for the Trojans, but the way Tuesday night’s game with Cedarville played out, he and Indians Coach P.J. Bertemes might as well have suited up.
In a game that was as physical (66 fouls were called and seven players fouled out) as it was hard-fought (no team led by more than eight from the fourth quarter on), Southeastern pulled out an 82-79 victory in double overtime to capture the final conference title in KTC history.
Southeastern finished the regular season 18-2 and 11-1 KTC, while Cedarville went 18-2 and 10-2. Both teams join the Ohio Heritage Conference next season.
“This is a classic game,” said Southeastern junior Brian Cooper, who scored seven of the first eight points in the second overtime as his team never trailed in either extra period.
The Trojans — who were up by eight entering the fourth quarter — led by as many as six in the second overtime. Down 78-72 with 1:07 left, Cedarville clawed back into the game despite seeing four of its five starters foul out in the fourth quarter.
Cedarville senior Kevin Donahue, the only starter remaining, pulled the Indians to 81-79 with 3.4 seconds left in the second OT on a putback. Sophomore teammate John Kragel _ who stepped up big in the second half _ fouled Cooper on the inbounds pass. Cooper _ who finished with a game-high 37 points and 16 rebounds _ made one of two, and Cooper then blocked Donahue’s three-point heave from half court at the buzzer.
“This is what it should have come down to,” said Perry, who guided Southeastern to its first KTC title since the 1996-97 season and third overall. “I don’t think the fans were disappointed tonight.”
Well, except those who didn’t have tickets and were turned away. In front of about 985 fans crammed into Southeastern’s gym, the Trojans survived everything the Indians threw at them _ but just barely.
In the fourth quarter, Cooper tied the game at 61-61 on a pair of free throws with 22.1 seconds left. Kragel had a chance to win it, but his three-point attempt bounced off the rim. The buzzer sounded with a loose-ball scramble.
In the first overtime, Cooper made it a 71-69 Trojans ’ advantage with 10.9 seconds left. But Donahue drove the lane and rolled in a layup with 2.5 seconds left as Southeastern barely had a chance to inbound the ball.
“I was shocked Cedarville’s other four players took care of the starter’s work,” said Southeastern junior Mark Waddle.
Cedarville — which was called for 39 fouls to Southeastern’s 27 — lost starters Jeff Moore, Nick Trimbach, Adam Schlappi and Nate Martindale in the fourth quarter. Those four combined for 30 points, but more importantly, their leadership was missed in the overtime periods.
“It wasn’t the officials, it was us,” Cedarville’s Bertemes said. “We have to have those guys on the floor.”
Southeastern did lose Waddle and Josh Banion to fouls in the first overtime, but kept its three remaining starters in the game _ especially Cooper, who picked up his fourth foul with 6:37 left in the fourth quarter.
“He uses his head,” Bertemes said. “He knew there wasn’t much of a chance for them to win if he wasn’t in there. He’s a smart kid.”
Cooper had plenty of help as Waddle added 20 points and Keith Clark 18.
“This is sweet,” Clark said of giving Perry his first KTC title. “We should have blown them out (with their starters gone), but give them credit. They hung in there.”
Trimbach and Donahue led the Indians with 17 points each, while Kragel added 15 _ including 10 in the fourth quarter.
Cedarville — ranked No. 2 in the Associated Press state poll in Division IV — had its 10 game-winning streak snapped. Fifth-ranked Southeastern won its eighth straight and also avenged a 48-44 loss at Cedarville on Jan. 12.
Winning the KTC crown only made it sweeter.
CEDARVILLE (79) _ Trimbach 6 4-7 17, Moore 0 4-4 4, Donahue 6 5-8 17, Schlappi 3 1-1 7, Martindale 1 0-0 2, Willis 2 2-7 6, Harding 3 0-0 6, Kragel 4 5-8 15, Yoakum 2 0-0 4, Rost 0 1-2 1. Totals: 27 22-37 79.
SOUTHEASTERN (82) _ Banion 1 2-6 4, Clark 7 4-9 18, Waddle 6 8-11 20, Bruns 0 2-3 2, Cooper 11 15-18 37, Graves 0 0-2 0, Rice 0 1-2 1. Totals: 25 32-51 82.
Cedarville17 26 36 61 71 79
Southeastern14 28 44 61 71 82
Three-point goals: Cedarville 3 (Kragel 2, Trimbach), Southeastern 0
Records: Cedarville 18-2, 10-2 KTC; Southeastern 18-2, 11-1
Reserves: Southeastern 61 (Krabach 10), Cedarville 45
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